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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: radcliffe alty on March 11, 2008, 07:38:40 PM
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Interesting starting XI
Altrincham
13 Acton
16 Shotton
05 Tinson
10 Young
04 Lynch
15 Lane
07 Lawton
25 King
11 Peyton
09 Little
12 O'Neill
Substitutes
23 Toulson, 19 Senior, 17 Battersby, 20 Roca, 14 Cahill
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Joe in midfield or up front?
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Reliably informed up front, but I imagine he may play behind Colin.
Clearly going all out attack! ;)
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From Connor's commentary: "Crawley boss Steve Evans has already started exercising his vocal chords down on the touchline, The Main Stand regulars let him know what they think, loud shouts of 'shut up' welcoming him to Cheshire. We're a friendly bunch here."
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Connor says Lynch looking assured & good on the ball and that Joe is partnering Col up front with Lane on right mid.
Still very little going on here, although I doubt that'll be the same throughout the evening.
LATEST FROM OUR RIVALS:
W'mouth FGR
Possession
54% 46%
Shots on target
2 1
Shots off target
1 0
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Still quiet!
What's the story with Stu, see no sub keeper so is he ill/injured?
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Still quiet!
What's the story with Stu, see no sub keeper so is he ill/injured?
7.30pm - A sensational bit of late team news from Moss Lane, keeper Stuart Coburn ruled out with a groin injury.
It means Richard Acton starts for the first time since the Runcorn Linnets Cheshire Senior Cup quarter-final on November 13.
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I reckon its just me and you tonight JD.
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bollocks
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O Neill off - 2 yellows.
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35 mins - Alty continue to look the more threatening of the two teams but they haven't really created too many jitters among the Crawley defence.
They did have a decent chance on the half-hour mark though as Liam King picked up a cross at the far post and cut the ball back to O'Neill, who was denied at point blank range by Bayes.
If they continue to prod and probe at the visitors' defence though, you do get the feeling they will have some joy at some point. Patience is the key word.
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Come on Alty!
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O Neill off - 2 yellows.
f***!
There was no indication of 1 card on the brilliant BBC website
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Come on Alty!
Any baby news?
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Serves us right for starting with such a negative line up. Doesn't help that half the bench are strikers
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O Neill off - 2 yellows.
Col got a yellow too, both of Joe's on 45 mins.
Shenannigans?
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Come on Alty!
Any baby news?
JD, yeah, baby Liam born Friday night, early Saturday English time, we are played one and won one with him here, his Grandad was at the game on Sat, but not looking good now for tonight, in fact, he is crying now so baby duty calls......come on Alty!
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Welcome Usa??
BBC suggests two yellows in the same min (45 ) plus yellow for Col?
WTF? Some sort of row?
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Congrats & all the best to you all.
Joe sent off & baby cry! They have an instinct!
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Good luck USA, tricky early days with number one till you all get used to each other and it settles down.
I wish you both sleep ;)
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Am I really thick or missing something
BBC Southern Counties is my local Radio Station and I cant seem to pick up match commentry ?
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CONFUSION OVER O'NEILLS CARDS:
RED CARD - 45 mins - Joe O'Neill (Altrincham) - This is just what the Robins didn't need.
O'Neill has received his marching orders for a second bookable offence and it seems like a particularly harsh one.
the striker picked up a booking on 32 minutes after a bit of argy bargy on the touchline and then after a late tackle on Jamie Stevens, he picked up his second.
There seems to be some confusion about the first offence though, with Alty's bench convinced it wasn't O'Neill that should've booked.
We knew there would be drama, but this is the kind of drama Alty really don't need right now.
Is this why the BBC didn't have it?
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Am I really thick or missing something
BBC Southern Counties is my local Radio Station and I cant seem to pick up match commentry ?
Sometimes they only put commentaries on t'net
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wait for it GH booked next,colin little scores in 64 minute and we go on to win 3-1
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wait for it GH booked next,colin little scores in 64 minute and we go on to win 3-1
Guarenteed?
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Good luck USA, tricky early days with number one till you all get used to each other and it settles down.
I wish you both sleep ;)
Cheers SW and all, Mum is saying we should grab a nap after he eats....while Alty are playing!
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HALF TIME - Not a good half for Alty.
It's not that they've played particularly badly, in fact they've donw reasonably well, but no goals and a sending off means the Robins are up against it now.
It really will be difficult for them to hold on to the point now and it would require a truly heroic display for them to claim all three points.
The referee left the field to a chorus of boos and it's easy to see why. With the first booking dubious and the second an extremely harsh one, his decision to send off O'Neill will take some justifying.
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SAME OLD STORY
50 mins - Alty have started the second half lively enough and have yet to be threatened by Crawley.
But, understandably, Little has looked isolated up front on his own and it really is difficult to see where the goals are going to come from for the Robins. Set pieces will likely be their best chance.
That decision before half time really does make you question the standard of refereeing in this division once again.
The officials in the Blue Square Premier are simply not consistent enough and when the decisions they make on the pitch have the power to help send a team down, something has to be done.
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Another contraversial referee then with the other ridiculous muppet to come at Grays on Saturday! Oh goody.
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GREAT .. 1-0 down ..
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1-0 Crawley.
Got to go for it NOW.
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Time to play 3-4-2. We need points
On the plus side - see Gaz's post!
(not the one below, the one about Crawley)
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We are having a go anyway ... They have 10men and have continued to play with 1 up front !
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55 mins - This has been an impressive response to a serious setback.
For the first 10 minutes of this half, the Robins' players have worked for each other, kept their shape and remained solid. Keep it up and there might just be something in this game for them.
Crawley, on the other hand, have looked dull and uninspired. They've done nothing to suggest they can break the 10 men down, although the electric pace of their strikers will cause problems as players tire.
GOAL - 58 mins - Alty 0 Crawley 1 (Pittman) - The commentator's curse.
Just as I had finished my last update, Pittman cut in from the right, socrched past a couple of defenders and fired a superb finish low into the far corner.
It's a serious uphill struggle now.
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I'm not at the game to see if the ref has made a dreadful mistake in sending Joe off, but what the hell is he starting for anyway. Every man and his dog can see Cahill is a better player. Jesus wept. And no, this isn't about, we are losing and so let's get at Joe. He simply isn't half as talented as Tom Cahill.
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I'm not at the game to see if the ref has made a dreadful mistake in sending Joe off, but what the hell is he starting for anyway. Every man and his dog can see Cahill is a better player. Jesus wept. And no, this isn't about, we are losing and so let's get at Joe. He simply isn't half as talented as Tom Cahill.
We can only assume he is not match fit. Every report I hear that compares the 2 of them suggests as much
60 mins - So, 0-1 here and still 0-0 at Weymouth v Farsley. As it stands, both Alty's rivals in the battle to avoid relegation will make up ground on them tonight.
The situation here makes you realise just how difficult it is to compete in this division. Tonight's game was seen as a chance to pick up points and there are few more games in the schedule you would instantly call 'winnable'.
There is plenty of football still to be played but rotten luck like this won't get Alty far.
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If we can grab a draw and Weymouth Farsley stays 0-0 it won't be that bad :-\
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I've heard the 'not match fit' excuse many times before...too many times.
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Joe was unlucky for 1st booking and second one was a 50/50 where the player just dropped on floor holding his face, all the Crawley players surrounded ref and got him sent off (was only second yellow though) .. reports are VERY unlucky.
According to people at the game Crawley are just a nasty bunch of cheating players, mind what you expect with Evans in charge ?
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, mind what you expect with Evans in charge ?
He should have been booted out of the game for good when he was at Boston
CAHILL ON FOR KING!
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Couldn't agree more. I'd rather FGR had beaten us than Crawley. That says it all.
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No one has beaten us yet, come on, lets wish this one in.
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FARSLEY DOWN TO 10 MEN - Andy Watson sent off. They have had a few sendings off recently
65 mins - Tom Cahill has come on for Liam King as Graham Heathcote attempts to change the course of this game.
It looks like Alty may stay as there are, in a 4-4-1 formation, but Cahill will get forward from midfield to provide support for Little whenever he can.
The Robins have even had a half decent chance to get themselves back on level terms as Shotton's long throw reached Little at the far post. But Alty's top scorer could only fire wide.
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As things stand I don't want a winner in that one.
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2-0 Crawley.
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2-0 Crawley.
Oh complete & utter b****cks
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2-1 Little.
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C'mon Alty.
2-1 Colin
Battersby on for Lynch - prob 3 at the back?
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I really don't like blaming referees etc but it may be there is some cause tonight.
BBC has a Crawley player booked on 32, not Joe, either they missed it or some confusion. Someone said Alty bench suggested mistaken ID?
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Couldn't have been a better response, lets get something back here, get in there.
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In our hearts of hearts, we all know that tonight was our last chance. The only possible glimmer of hope is Farsley doing the double over Weymouth and it going down to the last game. Oh, then there's always 4th from bottom!
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GOAL - 73 mins - Alty 0 Crawley 2 (Thompson) - It looks to be all over now.
A great run and through ball from Kevin James released Dannie Bulman down the right channel, he pulled the ball across goal and Tyrone Thompson had a simple tap in.
The players are having the fight knocked out of them.
GOAL - 74 mins - Alty 1 (Little) Crawley 2 - The faintest hope for Alty as Little capitalises on a catastrophic defensive error to pull a goal back.
Quite what Stevens was intending with his back pass is anyone's guess but he sold his keeper ridiculously short and Little nipped in to walk the ball into the net.
Still 0-0 at Weymouth
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In our hearts of hearts, we all know that tonight was our last chance. The only possible glimmer of hope is Farsley doing the double over Weymouth and it going down to the last game. Oh, then there's always 4th from bottom!
Plenty of points left to play for!
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In our hearts of hearts, we all know that tonight was our last chance. The only possible glimmer of hope is Farsley doing the double over Weymouth and it going down to the last game. Oh, then there's always 4th from bottom!
Plenty of points left to play for!
Remember Torquay!
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I take it we're not including Aldershot, Burton or Ebbsfleet away. The problem is that games are running out. Anyway, we've pulled one back tonight and I so want to be proved wrong.
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80 mins - Just 10 minutes left know but you still get the feeling there could be something in this game for the Robins.
Crawley have been far from convincing and all it takes is the slightest slip - as we saw six minutes ago - to give Alty a point.
They've performed well throughout the second half and deserve something for their efforts.
Playing with 10 men as a part-time team, in the midst of a gruelling schedule can't be easy and there certainly would be no shame in defeat if that were to be the case.
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3-1 Crawley
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I take it we're not including Aldershot, Burton or Ebbsfleet away. The problem is that games are running out. Anyway, we've pulled one back tonight and I so want to be proved wrong.
Alas, for tonight at least, you are right
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We can get a point at Grays, there is Stafford at home, Weymouth away and despite being top we've never lost at Aldershot!
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We can get a point at Grays, there is Stafford at home, Weymouth away and despite being top we've never lost at Aldershot!
We owe Torquay one!
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Hope's a lovely thing. I wish I had some!
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We should still be above the relegation zone tonight and until we mathematicly can't stay up & the AGM is over we will always have hope (at least a little!)
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Col's on a hat trick!
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Full time. Weymouth 0-0 FGR
On the plus side tonight we have news of two new little Alty fans. That, at least, raises one's spirits!
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FT 0-0 at Weymouth. 4 bookings and a SO for Farsley, 2 bookings for Muff.
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Can't we just give £14000 to Grays in return for the three points? Tongue-in-cheek, before anyone takes it seriously!
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Can't we just give £14000 to Grays in return for the three points? Tongue-in-cheek, before anyone takes it seriously!
;D
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Early on Crawley were not closing down and Altrincham looked very comfortable and in control. Joe O'Neill was holding the ball up well and turning defenders and Warren Peyton was getting past people and getting his passes away. There was lots of tugging and pushing in the Crawley area at set pieces and on two seperate occasions players were spoken to. Clearly the referee had said if it happens again someone's going in the book. So when it happened again O'Neill and Thomas got booked. Colin Little got involved in some arguing with the ref, so when he put in a heavy challenge a minute later he was pretty much asking to get booked.
Second half the wind had picked up and the game got scrappy. Acton failed to get a hand to a fairly soft daisy-cutter and after that Altrincham were struggling. A succession of Ryan Shotton long throws caused Crawley no trouble at all. Colin Little scored after the Crawley keeper ran to the touchline to clear the ball and missed it. All Little had to do was roll the ball to the goal area and tap it in. That made it 1-2. Shortly after Crawley got another. Then I went home. By the time I'd walked up the road it was 2-3. Blame the ref, blame the linesman, blame the wind if you want to, but that game was there for the winning and Altrincham, like the wind, blew it.
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The ref was crap, his yellow cards on Joe were a joke, the first one, their player was allover him. I do believe their second goal was slightly offside. All in all its been a game where most things have gone against us, and at this stage in the league it can't happen to the relgation teams.
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Blame the ref, blame the linesman, blame the wind if you want to, but that game was there for the winning and Altrincham, like the wind, blew it.
The ref had a massive influence on the outcome of this game along with the liner. Joes second yellow was a foul but never a yellow and there second was clearly offside.
What passes for officials frightens me they cost us dearly today
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How about blaming the result on missed scoring opportunities and defensive errors instead of looking for excuses?
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I'll be honest from here it's starting to look like we might need snookers, the utterly woeful home record has rebounded us as I always feared it would. 4 league home wins by Easter Monday must be some sort of unwanted record.
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How about blaming the result on missed scoring opportunities and defensive errors instead of looking for excuses?
Were you grinning as you walked across the road?
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referee was a pissin joke, never seen such horrendous descisions to dish out 2 yellow cards to joe, his main stand linesman was no better, and crawley are a bunch of southern pricks. rant over.
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How about blaming the result on missed scoring opportunities and defensive errors instead of looking for excuses?
How about blaming it on ATROCIOUS officials that ruined the game!? No point trying to be noble about it, that disgrace of a ref cost us dear tonight! I'm still livid!
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to be fair the lino on the stand side works in Horsham ................. 6 miles from Crawley.
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to be fair the lino on the stand side works in Horsham ................. 6 miles from Crawley.
Which player's car did he get a lift back in?